When it rains it usually pours. This time around it's RAINING STARS.
At the World Youth Champpionships in Italy,up and coming Kenrisha Brathwaite recorded a personal best ( PB) of 13.76 secs in the preliminaries of the 100m hurdles. Unfortunately Kenrisha could not repeat this performance in the semifinal and didn't advance to the finals.
Super hurdler Ryan.M.Brathwaite,competing on the European circuit is gearing up for the 2009 World Championships in Berlin,Germany. At the recent Athens Grand Prix ( 13 July) held in Tsiklitria Greece, Ryan was second in the 110m hurdles in a wind assisted ( +2.30) time of 13.22 secs.
More good news in Rising Stars land as another World Championships bound athlete,Ramon Gittens has been included in a group of five student-athletes for honours from the United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association ( USTFCCCA).
USTFCCCA honours Division 2 student-athletes for academic and athletic achievements during the indoor and outdoor season. To qualify for USTFCCCA all academic track and field teams, student-athletes needs a cumulative grade point average ( GPA) of 3.25 and meet NCAA division 2 indoor and outdoor automatic and provisional quaifying standards in their respective events.
Ramon is an accounting major with a GPA of 3.521 and was second in the 2009 Division 2 outdoor 100m and third in the indoor 200m.
KUDOS TO ALL !!
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